Annual Event

January

• New Year's Day Shogatsu
• First sunrise Hatsuhinode
• Osechi dish
• Hatsumode
• Hakone-ekiden
• Dezomeshiki
• Nanakusa-gayu
• Fire festival Sagicho
• Kagamibiraki

February

• Setsubun
• Sapporo Snow Festival
• Valentines' day
• Hari-kuyo

March

• Girl's festival Hinamatsuri
• Equinoctial week Higan
• Japanese tax return
• Commencement ceremony
• Settlement of accounts
• Professional Baseball
• Kamakura Festival
• First opening Lake Biwa

April

• April fool's day
• Entrance Ceremony
• Nyushasiki
• Asadora drama series
• Cherry-blossom viewing

May

• Boy's festival
• Kanda festival
• Hakata-dontaku
• Ensoku

June

• Koromogae
• Plum-rain Tsuyu
• Undokai

July

• Umi-biraki
• Yama-biraki
• Star festival Tanabata
• Hiyashi-chuka
• Obon festival
• Tenjin festival
• Midsummer day of the ox
• Sumidagawa fireworks festival

August

• Hanagasa festival
• Kochi yosakoi festival
• Gozan-no-okuribi
• Asakusa samba carnival

September

• Full moon night
• Nezujinja-shrine festival
• Grape picking
• Pacific-saury festival
• Kishiwada danjiri festival

October

• Tsukiji autumn festival
• Admire autumn-leaves
• Gathering chestnuts
• Misaki minatomachi festival

November

• Shichi-go-san
• Cock fair tori-no-ichi
• Chirstmas lights
• Meiji-shrine festival

December

• B-one-grand-prix
• Winter-solstice
• Namahage
• New year's eve Omisoka